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Prescot-based MATE Productions enjoyed great success with Treasure Island at the Unity Theatre, Liverpool, in April 2018 – and they’re preparing to bring the show back on home turf in June. The pirate adventure, adapted by Phil...

(Press release) Festival season is about to descend on Prescot, with a lineup of culture and entertainment culminating in the 10-day Prescot Festival of Music & the Arts. Now in its 14th year, the festival makes an...

Knowsley Council have launched a competition to name the street outside Shakespeare North’s new theatre, set to open in 2020. Judges are looking for something that is “unique, memorable and Shakespeare-themed.” And they’ve said adamantly they will...

(Press release) Prescot’s wonderful heritage will be celebrated with the return of the popular Elizabethan Fayre on Saturday 2 June from 11am until 4pm. The town centre will play host to medieval music, dance, arts and crafts...

Knowsley Labour have voted to replace Cllr Andy Moorhead (pictured) as their local party leader, following a drop in the local Labour vote in last Thursday’s elections. Cllr Graham Morgan was elected to take his place, meaning...

(Merseyside Police) We are appealing for information following a burglary at a clothes shop in Prescot. A report was received at 6.45am on Tuesday 8 May that offenders had forced entry to the front door of the Dressing Room,...

The Greens pulled off a sizeable win over Labour last night (Thursday 3 May) to take Prescot South. Kai Taylor gained 1,520 to Lynn O’Keeffe’s 736, becoming the first Green Party candidate ever to win a seat...